Research Article

The Determination of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus’s Impact on the Density of Retinal Blood Vessels and the Choriocapillaris: Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study

Table 1

Differences vessel density between the control and patient groups obtained with OCTA.

DensityThickness
Retina superficialRetina deep
Control groupPatient groupControl groupPatient groupControl groupPatient group

Fovea17.5 ± 7.717.0 ± 7.531.3 ± 7.132.2 ± 7.9324.0 ± 29.4327.6 ± 10.8
Parafovea45.0 ± 5.850.1 ± 4.250.1 ± 5.555.8 ± 2.9321.3 ± 23.2327.6 ± 10.8
Superior hemi44.8 ± 6.149.5 ± 5.450.1 ± 6.655.9 ± 3.0322.7 ± 23.9328.3 ± 12.5
Inferior hemi45.2 ± 5.849.9 ± 4.749.8 ± 5.655.8 ± 3.1319.4 ± 23.1326.3 ± 12.2
Tempo43.6 ± 6.348.2 ± 4.149.9 ± 5.655.5 ± 3.0315.5 ± 22.4318.4 ± 10.3
Superior46.0 ± 6.450.7 ± 5.450.6 ± 6.456.1 ± 3.3324.9 ± 24.5332.1 ± 11.7
Nasal44.7 ± 6.049.6 ± 4.850.4 ± 6.556.0 ± 2.7325.0 ± 26.2329.5 ± 14.9
Inferior46.2 ± 6.251.5 ± 4.849.3 ± 6.555.5 ± 3.7319.8 ± 24.9327.3 ± 14.6